How much would a buyout cost? This seems like a waste of assets in a window we aren’t even close to contending in.
hhhmmmmmmmm.......kinda head scratchy, but if I beat my head against the wall, it sounds pretty good.In reality, if you sign a player in FA by using the money you saved on Hayes, it really didn’t cost you a 2nd. It’s like trading that 2nd for the FA player.
hhhmmmmmmmm.......kinda head scratchy, but if I beat my head against the wall, it sounds pretty good.
We didn’t need to clear cap space just to sign one FA. We had almost $10 million in cap space to do that. Either DA is preparing to make a big splash and bring in more than one high end addition, or it’s just him holding his nose and paying an unfortunate price to undo a previous mistake as he described it post-draft.IMO I think this means Doug is going after a FA center, maybe Monohan like so many of us suggested? 2nd line center.
But then also replacing Hayes with another player…that won’t be playing for free. So it really didn’t save that much.Essentially we sold a 2nd round pick in next year’s draft for the $5,250,000 we don’t have to pay Hayes. Don’t like it, but it’s not my money.
Who was the GM who agreed to take on that cap hit last year then decided that he stunk and it was worth a 2nd round pick to relieve him of that cap hit?Essentially we sold a 2nd round pick in next year’s draft for the $5,250,000 we don’t have to pay Hayes. Don’t like it, but it’s not my money.
Maybe Hayes in the pressbox was still viewed as a negative. I didn’t think his play was bad enough to not find a bottom 6 role. Seems like they wanted him gone?We didn’t need to clear cap space just to sign one FA. We had almost $10 million in cap space to do that. Either DA is preparing to make a big splash and bring in more than one high end addition, or it’s just him holding his nose and paying an unfortunate price to undo a previous mistake as he described it post-draft.
Maybe Hayes in the pressbox was still viewed as a negative. I didn’t think his play was bad enough to not find a bottom 6 role. Seems like they wanted him gone?
Is there some sentiment that Hayes would teach bad habits to young players? Armstrong didn’t say anything negative about him, which is a professional way to discuss it. But when he says “it didn’t work out” I wonder in what way specifically.
Dizee, I can’t take it any more. I’m putting you on block. Please don’t start any important threads. (I know, oxymoron.)
Who was the GM who agreed to take on that cap hit last year then decided that he stunk and it was worth a 2nd round pick to relieve him of that cap hit?
FIRE ARMSTRONG.
He has a whole calendar year to recoup that second or the equivalent in some fashion. I'm afraid you've gone mad..Who was the GM who agreed to take on that cap hit last year then decided that he stunk and it was worth a 2nd round pick to relieve him of that cap hit?
FIRE ARMSTRONG.
We should be using this current timespan to ADD assets, not dump them off because of bad management decision.H
He has a whole calendar year to recoup that second or the equivalent in some fashion. I'm afraid you've gone mad..
There is no way we should be penciling in Dvorsky. They have to be bringing in another forward.I also wonder if they thought Dvorsky wasn't going to be ready this year and that's why they brought in Hayes with his 3 years, and then they could trade him with a year left on contract when Dvorsky was ready. But Dvorsky progressed further than they thought so Hayes was expendable then.
Personally not a huge fan of paying 2nd to get rid of him, but it is what it is.